Vets in Formerly Redlined Neighborhoods at Higher Risk for Heart Disease, Other Chronic Conditions, Study Finds Health consequences continue in neighborhoods deemed high risk for home loans and housing improvements by the federal...
How USAA’s Face the Fight Is Building a Coalition to Combat Veteran Suicide Veterans are still dying by suicide at an alarming rate, more than 16 every day, a rate 57% greater than the larger American...
Cancer Research Getting New VA Effort as Burn Pit-Linked Cases Expected to Rise The plan comes as the need for cancer care at the VA is expected to rise as more veterans develop cancers suspected to be...
Missteps by Staff at the St. Louis VA Faulted in Veteran's In-Hospital Suicide An investigation into the 2021 death of Kenneth Hagans found that nurses failed to check on him for more than two hours.
Research on Psychedelics, Marijuana as Alternative Treatment for Vets Advancing in Congress Psychedelic drugs and marijuana could be evaluated as treatments for post-traumatic disorder and other conditions afflicting...
Special PACT Act Enrollment Period for Veterans Ends in September Post-9/11 combat veterans' open enrollment period to sign up for Department of Veterans Affairs health care ends Sept. 30.
No Abortions, Pride Flags or Transgender Care: Republicans Use Spending Bill to Block VA Policies The effort, made by GOP lawmakers in the annual VA spending bill, aims to stop the agency from following policies it sees as...
No Timeline for Trans Vet Surgeries, VA Says 2 Years After Announcing Coverage Anti-transgender sentiment is on the rise among the political right, with hundreds of bills being introduced in state...
Conservative Group Launches Website to Help Vets Find Health Care Outside of VA Officials with Concerned Veterans for America say the nongovernmental site is needed to fill a void in the Department of...
Veterans Deserve Choice in How They Obtain Disability Benefits "Millions of veterans are already effectively being denied their benefits due to an unnecessarily complex and arcane...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...
After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...
Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures It's time to get back in step with the veteran community -- not with fanfare, but with follow-through.
Fort Carson Soldier Charged with Cocaine Distribution, Possession After DEA Nightclub Raid Staff Sgt. Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez is charged with one count each of distribution and possession with intent to...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
